LightLLM through 1.2.0 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via NCCL PD RPyC Control Channel
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-502Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
LightLLM through 1.2.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the KV-transfer worker when started with --pd_trans_mode nccl, which exposes an unauthenticated RPyC control channel that deserializes attacker-supplied data. Attackers can send malicious pickled objects to the exposed RPyC ThreadedServer to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the LightLLM service account.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01193 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-96560
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-849v-g89f-q67r
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Other 6
- GitHub Issue #1590
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend/pd/nccl_kv_transporter.py#L437-L461
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend/pd/nccl_kv_transporter.py#L411-L415
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend/pd/nccl_kv_transporter.py#L247-L249
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm/blob/v1.2.0/lightllm/server/router/model_infer/mode_backend/pd/kv_transporter.py#L20-L36
- https://github.com/ModelTC/lightllm
More ModelTC vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-65681 LightLLM through 1.2.0 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Visual-Only RPyC Service CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-65562 LightLLM through 1.2.0 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Embed Cache RPyC Service CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-65561 LightLLM through 1.2.0 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Router Profiler RPyC Service CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-63189 LightLLM through 1.2.0 Missing Authentication in PD Master /pd_register WebSocket Endpoint CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-61785 LightLLM through 1.2.0 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Config Server Pickle Deserialization CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-21211 LightLLM <= 1.1.0 PD Mode Unsafe Deserialization RCE CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-96560 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-96560 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-849v-g89f-q67r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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